EA Origin Locking Out PC Players for Too Many Hardware Configurations

PC gamers who have altered their machine over five times within a 24 hour period might get locked out of Electronic Arts' online service, Origin.

This DRM safeguard was first discovered when a user who was testing out a number of different graphics cards for Battlefield Hardline was locked out of Origin and greeted with the message: "Too many computers have accessed this account's version of Battlefield Hardline Digital Deluxe recently. Please try again later."

We reached out to EA regarding this matter and the publisher provided the following comment: "Origin authentication allows players to install a game on up to five different PCs every 24 hours. Players looking to benchmark more than five hardware configurations in one 24 hour period can contact our Customer Support team who can help."

Battlefield Hardline is the name of the first title in the Battlefield first-person shooter franchise designed by Visceral Games. This time, the focused is on the inner-city battles between cops and criminals.